July 5, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A news release from Google says that the mega-search engine company will begin paying its homosexual employees more than their heterosexual counterparts.

Citing a tax law that says health insurance benefits paid to civil partners of homosexual employees are considered taxable income, while benefits provided to married spouses are not taxed, Google announced it will rectify the tax "discrimination" against homosexuals by paying them the difference.

On average an extra $1,069 per year will be given to homosexuals, according to a NY Times report.

The company said on its blog Thursday, that it will be grossing-up imputed taxes on health insurance benefits for all same-sex domestic partners in the United States, retroactive to January 1, 2010.

Google is well known for its endorsement of homosexuality and already has parental leave for homosexuals equivalent to the Family and Medical Leave Act; it is working with its insurers to change the definition of infertility - now defined as the inability to conceive a child after trying for one year - in order to have employee health benefits cover artificial insemination for lesbians.

It was reported that the company made the move in response to complaints from homosexual employees that they were discriminated against by the tax system.

"We said, 'You're right, that doesn't seem fair,' so we looked into it," Google Personnel chief Laszlo Bock told the New York Times. "From that initial suggestion, we said, let's take a look at all the benefits we offer and see if we are being truly fair across the board."

"They're picking up the slack where the federal government hasn't recognized the reality of diversity in the workforce today," Herrschaft told the media.

"This is eliminating existing discrimination that ... gays and lesbians face in the workplace as a result of federal law that doesnt acknowledge their families."

However, Focus on the Family spokesman Gary Schneeberger told FoxNews.com that the extra pay given to homosexuals is actually reverse discrimination and does nothing to equalize benefits to employees.

If Google wants to be truly fair to its employees, it should consider extra compensation to married heterosexuals who are bitten every April 15 by the marriage-penalty tax, Schneeberger said.

How is offering more money to only one group to offset a perceived inequity not a form of discrimination against those groups not fortunate enough to receive such bonuses?

Furthermore, Fox News legal analyst Lis Wiehl said Google's move could open the way for a reverse discrimination lawsuit against the company based on infringement of the statute of equal pay for equal work, and giving preference to benefits based on sexual orientation.

Theres a potential for a reverse discrimination suit because of the equal pay for equal work statute which says that if Im doing the same job as the person next to me that my marital status or sexual orientation shouldnt be taken into consideration. Its my work performance that should be taken into consideration, Wiehl told FoxNews.com.

We all this coming. Equality my cracked backside, these people want apartheid. They justify their hatred and wishes for violence by claiming that they’ve been so downtrodden all these years, just like muslims.

it is working with its insurers to change the definition of infertility - now defined as the inability to conceive a child after trying for one year

My wife has a gay cousin who has been with his partner for about 20 years. At the recent baptism of my granddaughter, he mentioned that he and his partner wanted to have a child. I told him that, if that was the case, they were "doing it" wrong. He was not amused.

"Citing a tax law that says health insurance benefits paid to civil partners of homosexual employees are considered taxable income, while benefits provided to married spouses are not taxed, Google announced it will rectify the tax "discrimination" against homosexuals by paying them the difference."

There is no way that stands in a court of law. If the law of the state is no gay marriage, any company showing favoritism toward said group is violating the EOE statues, and thus, up for pending litigation, potentially from married couples.

The precedent is another slippery slope. If allowed to stand, employees could sue for equal protection if they're smokers, over weight, etc.

Scroogle was my default search engine but they are having problems with Google again. It’s so bad, they say they may have to permanently retire their scraper. Search for something there and you will see the problem.

Citing a tax law that says health insurance benefits paid to civil partners of homosexual employees are considered taxable income, while benefits provided to married spouses are not taxed, Google announced it will rectify the tax "discrimination" against homosexuals by paying them the difference.

Okay, I now want a job with Google, and if any of you get a call for a personal reference on me, tell them I'm a homosexual, and have been a homosexual for about five years, having worked in homosexual positions (ahem) in every state of the union and every province in Canada. Oh, and I was "married" up there, but wound up getting it annulled. /sarc

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posted on 07/05/2010 5:28:24 PM PDT
by SunkenCiv
("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)

I sent them an email in protest, and also had previously sought a way to search quality conservative sites, which you can choose. The answer was to create my own Google own custom Search Engine for Christian apologetical issues. See it at the very bottom of my home page here: http://peacebyjesus.witnesstoday.org/

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